See also:

• EPIGRAPHY (Gr. E7rl, on, and 7ph4ew, to write)

EPIGRAPHY (Gr. E7rl, on, and 7ph4ew, to write)  , a See also:

• TERM

term used to denote (1) the study of See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions collectively, and (2) the See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science connected with the See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification and explanation of inscriptions . It is sometimes employed, too, in a more contracted sense, to denote the See also:

• PALAEOGRAPHY (Gr. aaXalbs, ancient, and ypal6ew, to write)

palaeography, in inscriptions . Generally, it is that See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology which has to do with inscriptions engraved on See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal or other permanent material (not, however, coins, which come under the heading See also:

• NUMISMATICS
• NUMISMATICS (Lat. numisma, nomisma, a coin; from the Greek, derived from voj4 u', to use according to law)

NUMISMATICS) . See INSCRIPTIONS; PALAEOGRAPHY .